Oil-vaporizer



1.]. WEITHAUS.

OIL VAPORIZER.

APPLICATION map MAY 3, 1919.

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J. J. WEITHAUS.

OIL VAPORIZER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1919.

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JOHN J. WEITHAUS, OF NORTH VERNON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR ONE-HALF 1'0 MICHAEL C. AINSBERRY, 0F RUSHVILLE, INDIANA.

OIL-VAYORIZER.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, JoHN J. WEITHAUS, a citizen of the United States, residing at North Vernon, in the county of Jennings and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oil-Vaporizers, of which the following is a specification;

.My said invention consists in certain improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts of an apparatus for producing vapor and gas from oil and conveying it to the point of use, whereby such an apparatus is provided by which oil may be converted into vapor and combustible gas hereinafter called gas, 1n a very nertpensive and convenient manner, and individual or small plants for such purpose provided where gas is ordinarily not available,

all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view of a plant built and arranged in accordance with my said invention, and

Figs. 2, 3 and 4 detail views illustrating the construction of separate parts on an enlarged scale.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the tank for containing the oil supply, B an oil supply pipe, 0 an air supply pipe The arrangement of the parts, as well as the connections, will be better understood by a description of the operation.

v The oil comes into tank A from an oil supply with which the supply pipe B is connected through pipe 10, the tank being filled to any level desired, preferably a level substantially as shown in Fig. 1 and the supply controlled by means of the valves 11 and 12.

When the tank has been filled to the level desired, valve 11 is closed and the oil is then forced by a; pump 13 through a heating coil composed of sections 1 1 and 15, and a terminal section 16. Said pump is connected by a pipe 17 with a T-coupling 18 which joins the end of said pipe with the plpe 10 and Specification of Letters Patent.

ling the supply of oil.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed May 3, 1919. Serial No. 294,438.

the supply pipe Another pipe 19 leads from said pump 13 to a connection with the first section 14: of the heating coil. A valve 20 1s nterposed in saidpipe 19 for control- The air su l i e C preferably leads from an air c liip ie ss r (not shown) and is connected by a'coupling member 21 to a vertical section 22 of the pipe leading to the heating coil. A valve 23 1s provlded in said compressed air pipe C for controlling the supply of compressed air.

The steam supply pipe D leads centrally through the sections of-the heating coil discharging at end 24;, the flow of steam being required for any particular plant, the number shown being only for the purpose of illustrating the arrangement.

Oil'and air come together in the coupling member 21' in such proportions as may be regulated by means of the valves 20 and 23 and pass under pressure through the heating coil. The annular chamber in the heating coil surrounding the steam pipe is preferably partially filled with a spiral member like a spiral spring or wire 26, which surrounds said pipe and serves to interrupt, or retard, the passage of the air and oil through the chamber and cause its intimate mixture while at the same time the heat generated by the steam causes its evaporation and conversion into gas. The spring or spiral member 26 also serves to break up, agitate and mix the component elements passing through the chamber and facilitates the conversion thereof into combustible'gas.

The gas passes through the final leg 16 of controlled by a valve 25. It will be under stood, of course, that the sections of the heating 0011 may be as many in number as the coil, which has a Y-coupling member 27 providedin pipe 32 between valve 34 and the domeg33g" These check: valvesfserve; to

prevent any backward flow from the A through said pipes.

:Thegaccumulated gas coming 7 into theupper portion of" tank A under pressure,

as before explained, passes through domes I 10 37 into pipe 38 and thence through pipe 39 i to a service pipe 40 which leadsto the burn; fers; orfiother 'Ypoints' where the "gas is *to' *beutilized, or a generalservicepipe maybe supplied by said pipe 40. A pipe 41 1s convnectedwith.the .pipe 28 andisf provided with val e by which itimay controlled. l The mixture containing combustible vapors principallylcoming. fromf pipe 28 may be admittedathroughpipe 4 1;to; the pipe ,40 a zojwhen desired. I

A" air supply pipe 43 leading from any source-of a1r. supply. has several branches leading into 'the' tankfA. Branch. 44 leads throughdomeBQ with its lower end nearthe ifupper surface of the normal-level of the'oi-l,

and is intended to supply air to aid in cool- ,.and 46 lead to near-the bottom of the tank and. are intended to assist the pump in pumpsol ing the fluid; oil rand. to actg'afs a safety medium byaidingin lowering theoiltem- -perature. The branch-47 leads'into the up- -perportion ofthe tank in the gas chamber iand, is intended to supply air to cool the gas and mix therewith.- I 1 ,iAnother service supply pipe 48 leads from {connection '49 on pipe 39 to any point "1' i wh'ere it may be desired-to convey the gas i directly. IA; valve :5.0 isprovided for controlling the same.

-The' valvesv 51-1and: 52 inpipe 39, valve 53 -in .pipe43, valve 54 in' pipe 44, valve 55in jpip liivalve 56, in pipe 46 and valve 57 in pipe 4,7; are allprojvided for controlling the flow through said pipes as may be required shy a proper operatlon of the'appjaratus.

--A gage, 58.;is*provided on the side of the tank Aatits 'lowerend to indicatethe level ;of the oil. A. gage 59 is provided on its side o v near its upper end toindi'cate thegas pres- 1 sure therein. A gage 60 is provided in :pipe 29 between'the-Y'27*andftheva1ve 52Tto indicatez the pressure of the combined gas and F T oil therein, and c'heck valvesprovided in the wbackiflowor-blowouts.

5 5 lines? .wherev'er' required to gu'ard I against f-zgVVhen the oil in, the tank is at the point -i Where an. additionalu'supplyds needed the Z-valvea20 is closedandvalves 11 and-l2 are" 60?Iopened:to permit the oil to-flow from the v nain-"FSuppIy tank intofsaidjtank .In case it is desired to heat :the oil :before it :is

[5 closediand valves ;11 and; 20 opened and the substantially asiset forth. 3

' The valves are, of course, in all instances properly adjusted togive the required' mixtu're'and to control theflow of the several ele- ,..ments in the direction desired.

As indicated in Fig.3 the coils inserted the final member 16 of theheating coil e'xtendi'nto the branches of the Yandserve to 'brealsupthemixture and keep the elements thoroughly intermingled as they are discharged into the pipes 28 and 29.1 A simi-- .lar spiral wire 61 is mounted-.;-in pipe 62 adjacent-to; the burners 63-Ifor a; similar pun se.

1. In an oil vaporlzlng apparatus, ithe aving thus-fully my sa-idliinventi'on, what I claim as new and desire to -securebyLetters-Patent, isr

combination of 'a tank, aheating coil, a' source Of'IOll supply leading. to the tank, .a

pipe leading from the tank to theheating coil, an'alr' supply connecting with theoil ing and vaporizing the fuel oil. Branches 45 supply atpointgadj'acent to its-connection with the heating? coil, pipes leading from-the heating coilback :to. the tank at points; above .2 the-normal oil level therein,a service pipe connected with the upper: portion ofv said tank, air. supply pipes'co'nnected with said "tank, anda pump. for forcing the oiland; air

under pressure through the heating coil and:

into the tank, substantially asset forth,

pump interposed in said=,connection,- a; conjoined to said connection leading vto-the v:

r-heating coil, branch" pipes leading fromlsaid heatingcoil' to opposite 'sides .:of the tank g above the oil level therein, domesontheitop of tank, az'service. pipe to. connect with: said domes, and air. supply pipes eonnecting with said tank,-:substantiallyassetptolthz 5; .rr

3. In anoil vaporizer,- the combinationot a tank, an-oil supplyxleadingiintof said tank,

f a heating coil .comprising".steamipipes p'ass ing. through coils of larger;:p1pes, spiral members surroundingsaid: steamizpipes in said; larger.- pipes, .1 connections from, said Theating coil leadingback toi the upper-end .120

of the tank, aronnectionwith the upper: end

otthe tank to a service pipe, 'and valves for controlling the, flow oft-the; oil, gas andv air through the several parts Yof, the

' -4. In an, oilvaporizer, the combinatioiiiof anoil tank, a heater, 'a 'connectlion'from' rthe Putinto the tank "A val'ves'12and-23am oil tank to-the heaterfmeans for forcing oil apparatus:

and ainthrough said heater under pressure,

w1re sp1ral;membersmounted inisaid :heater for breaking up and mixing the oil and air, my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana, pipes leading from said heater back to the this 17th day of April, A. D. nineteen hunupper portion of the tank, a service pipe dred and nineteen.

connected with the upper portion of said JOHN J. WEITHAUS. [1 s.] 5 tank, and valves for controlling said several Witnesses:

parts, substantially as set forth. E. W. BRADFORD,

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set M. L. SHULER. 

